Guest preacher Reverend Tonetta Landis-Aina explores what it means to be merciful even while we pursue justice, and challenges us to follow the difficult path of mercy with hope. [Matthew 5:7]
Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina is the pastor of Resurrection City, a new interdenominational, affirming church in DC. A native of North Carolina, Tonetta moved to Washington, DC in 2004. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary and is passionate about marginalized people finding their stories in scripture as well as about the new shapes the church will take in the 21st century.